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Nwapa page - English
URL: http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Nwapa.html

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Nigerian literature expresses the struggles of a country that has survived the exploitation of colonialism and capitalism as well as the devastation of civil war and authoritarianism. Given the turmoil in Nigerian history, it is inevitable that the postcolonial Nigerian artist would fulfill the traditional role of artist as the voice of the people. The manifestation of protest in the novels, plays and poetry of Nigerian authors in the last 40 years attests to the role of artist as the cry of protest. Since the publication of Flora Nwapa's Efuru in 1966, Nigerian women have been prolific publishers. Although by Western definitions, these writers would not likely qualify as feminists, their works offer realistic pictures of gender issues in a patriarchal society. The cries of protest from the Nigerian women authors expose the hegemonic order is a society wrapped in a history of colonialism and patriarchy.

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Nwapa Flora - English
URL: http://seaburn.com/nwapa%20flora.htm

Never Again is a tale about the Nigerian Civil War, and the psychological trauma experienced by the main character. The author focuses on the importance of the Biafran women in sustaining their fighting men and the society as a whole.

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Nwapa, Flora - English
URL: http://isbndb.com/d/person/nwapa_flora.html

Books of Flora Nwapa on ISBNdb.com

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Nwapa, Flora (Litteraturnettet) - Norwegian
URL: http://www.litteraturnettet.no/n/nwapa.flora.asp?lang=&type=

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Flora Nwapa --  Encyclopædia Britannica - English
URL: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=138513

Nigerian novelist best known for re-creating Igbo (Ibo) life and customs from a woman's viewpoint. Nwapa was educated in Ogula, Port Harcourt, and Lagos before attending University College in Ibadan, Nigeria (1953–57), and the University of Edinburgh. She worked as a teacher and administrator in Nigeria from 1959 until the Biafran civil war erupted in 1967.

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Literary Encyclopedia: Nwapa, Flora - English
URL: http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3364

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Flora Nwapa was Africa's first published female novelist. She was born in Ugwuta, Nigeria in 1931 into a wealthy and influential family, the first daughter of six children. Flora Nwapa was mostly educated in Nigeria, attending primary and secondary school in Ugwuta, Elelenwa and Lagos. She later studied English, History and Geography at University College, Ibadan from where she graduated in 1957. In 1958 Nwapa attended the University of Edinburgh where she obtained a Diploma in Education. Following her return from Scotland, she became an education officer in Calabar in 1958 and then proceeded to teach at Queen's School, Enugu in 1959.

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Flora Nwapa - English
URL: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/nwapa.htm

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Nigerian writer, a forerunner of a whole generation of African women writers, who has been called the mother of modern African literature. Nwapa is best-known for re-creating Igbo (Ibo) life and customs from a woman's viewpoint. With EFURU (1966) Nwapa became black Africa's first internationally published female novelist in the English language.

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